168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Detective Pikachu Returns was kicked out the door at the start of October ahead of what has been a very busy month for video games. Even though I’m enjoying it more than most, it won't be in the running for 2023's Game of the Year. It's incredibly basic, but it does one thing a lot better than almost every other Pokemon game - voice acting.
Hardly any other Pokemon game has it at all — a detail that never ceases to amaze me considering how long Pokemon has been getting games. Millions sold across multiple consoles, and at no po💜int have any of the characters said a single w🎃ord. At least not in the main series.
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Every Pokemon has a unique introduction in Detective Pika🐻chu Returns, but I really wish Lickitung didn't
My assumption has always been since Pokemon's regions are filled with people you can interact with, and 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Game Freak insists on churning out new games at a steady rate, the amount of time and effort it would take to give them all dialogue just isn't worth it. That's the beauty of Detective Pikachu Returns. Not everyone has a voice. The only time characters speak is during cutscenes, most of which are incredibly short and are just there to introduce a new character or plot point.
That's all voice acting needs to be in any Pokemon game. I don't need to know what everyone sounds like, nor does everyone in Paldea and beyond need to have a complicated dialogue tree. It would just be nice to know what the major players sound like and to be given the chance to take a break from clicking through an endless stream of dialogue boxes when something important is happening.
But the point of Pokemon games is that you're the main character, that's why they never speak. The thing is, I don't want to speak. I want everyone else to do the talking. Think 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Tears of the Kingdom. Link doesn't say a word, nor do most people you interact with across Hyrule. However, every now and again, whenever something important happens, a cutscene takes over and you actually hear people's voices while Link still remains silent. Not a bad game to look to for inspiration. I think people kinda liked it.
If Pokemon keeps releasing games at the rate it does, sacrificing quality for speeds, then a little voice acting might be a welcome distraction. If the characters in its world have a bit more to them, then perhaps those b🤪ugs and framerate drops will be more forgivable.
I'm not holding out much hope that Detective Pikachu Returns will be a turning point for voice acting in Pokemon games. Largely because it feels like the spinoff sequel has been quietly sent out to die so the team working on it can finally move onto something else. The sequel was announced a long time ago and hasn't really lived up to the hype. Not to mention it was released right before new Mario, Sonic, and Spider-Man games, all of which have now taken away the little attention the Pikachu sequel had to start with.
I’m also feeling some serious deja vu. 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:New Pokemon Snap took a similar approach to voice acting, but nothing stuck after that. Since then, 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Legends: Arceus and 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Scarlet & Violet have launched, neither of which features any voice acting at all. Perhaps since Pokemon's spinoff games seem to have less strict deadlines attached, the time to sprinkle in a few voiced lines is there. The main games stick to an unrealistically frequent release schedule so voices are likely viewed as an unnecessary luxury. Pikachu's “Pika-pi!” may well be the only time we ever hear a voice in a mainline Pokemon game.